Technology moving too fast?

Video games have seen tremendous improvements in all of its' aspects. From graphics to game play it has changed so very much. Not looking back too far, the Nintendo Entertainment System was released during 1985 and feature games like this:

In less than 30 years, about 27 to be exact, we get games like this:

I must say that is an incredible amount of change and all within a span of less than 30 years. I mean is it even possible to imagine in the past that today we'll be able to actually see the detailed emotional representation of a monster screaming in pain while the player cooks it with fireballs shooting out the hand?

Taking another example, mobile phones.

That is Martin Cooper, inventor of the the first mobile phone during 1973.


Less than 40 years, we see the iPhone 4gs that fits right in your hand instead of looking like a potential weapon and has no buttons as it functions via interacting with pictures on a screen with your fingers but you can't actually feel them! Clearly this is magic or witchcraft, at least 37 years ago.Finally, this is the Nokia 888, a concept phone that can be bended into a number of shapes. We may see such phones that seem to be breaking the physical laws of mobile phones on store shelves in a blink of an eye.

Why I say that technology is moving too fast is because there are some people out there that choose not to move forward with technology. Even with all the hype and craze about the iPhone, there are some people that actually don't like it and prefer their old school Nokia. With video games, yes we can finally yell at the characters on screen because they actually look so real, but still there are people that prefer old school games like Mario. Plus it will be very creepy if games become anymore "real" than it is now.

What I figure is that this is a starting of a technological peak. What they show about the future in the movies are becoming our reality. It becomes difficult to imagine how the future will be like. In turn, the way we do work and function will change along with it. I don't think I'm ready for it. One thing is for sure, there is certainly no such thing as too crazy of an idea anymore, it may become the very next hype on the market.

Ever wish to sleep on the clouds?


Reference:
http://www.webdesignerdepot.com/2009/04/100-amazing-futuristic-design-concepts-w-wish-were-real/